{"id":17916,"date":"2016-10-06T07:46:24","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T07:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=17916"},"modified":"2016-10-08T17:10:44","modified_gmt":"2016-10-08T17:10:44","slug":"syria-children-appeal-to-eu-and-un-for-peace-eva-maria-kolmann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2016\/10\/06\/syria-children-appeal-to-eu-and-un-for-peace-eva-maria-kolmann\/","title":{"rendered":"SYRIA &#8211; Children appeal to EU and UN for peace &#8211; Eva-Maria Kolmann  \u00a0 \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>SYRIA &#8211;\u00a0More than one million children sign appeal for peace<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>For the past few days, children at more than 2000 schools all over Syria have been drawing and writing messages to the political decision makers of the European Union and United Nations under the motto \u201cPeace for Children\u201d. More than one million children are also signing a petition. This appeal for peace is a joint campaign being carried out by Catholic and Orthodox Christians in Syria, and members of all religious communities have been invited to take part.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18046 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Boys-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Syria, Aleppo, 05. October 2016  Muslim and Christian Children are celebrating. Hamdaniye and preparing appeals for Peace; on the drawings and Balloons they wrote: Give us Peace! Peace for Syria! Give us our childhood! )  Under the motto \u0093Peace for Children\u0094, in these days children at many Syrian schools are drawing and writing messages to the political decision makers of the European Union and United Nations. A petition is also being signed. This appeal for peace is a joint campaign being carried out by Catholic and Orthodox Christians in Syria, and members of all religious communities have been invited to take part.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Boys-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Boys-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Boys-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Boys-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Boys-580x435.jpg 580w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Boys-860x645.jpg 860w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Boys-1160x870.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Boys.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Children of all Christian denominations in Damascus, Homs, Yabroud, Aleppo, Marmarita and Tartus are making 6 October a joint Action Day for Peace. They are expressing their desire for peace through songs, dances, theatrical performances, prayers and other activities. Several children in Aleppo will also talk about their personal experiences. Sister Annie Demerjian, one of the local organisers of the event, said, \u201cWhen a child talks about losing his father, for example, we will follow it up by praying for all children in Syria who have lost parents or siblings.\u201dThe main ceremony will be held in Damascus on 7 October and it will be attended by groups of 50-75 children from each of the major centres of the country.\u00a0In addition, Syrian schoolchildren \u2013 also including many Muslims \u2013 are writing messages to the global community on white balloons. These include such messages as \u201cWe want peace!\u201d, \u201cGive us our childhood!\u201d, \u201cWe don\u2019t want any more war!\u201d and \u201cWe want to go to school!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of children in Syria have been killed during the war. According to data provided by the Oxford Research Group, more than 11,500 children died\u00a0in the first two years of the conflict alone. Half of the 11.4 million Syrians who have fled inside or outside of the country are underage minors. More than 2.1 million Syrian children are unable to attend school because of the war. Many children are severely traumatised. Children are frequent victims, not only of direct acts of war, but of abductions, torture and sexual exploitation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18044 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ACN-20161005-46818-1-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"Syria, Aleppo, 05. October 2016  Muslim and Christian Children are celebrating. Hamdaniye and preparing appeals for Peace; on the drawings and Balloons they wrote: Give us Peace! Peace for Syria! Give us our childhood! )  Under the motto \u0093Peace for Children\u0094, in these days children at many Syrian schools are drawing and writing messages to the political decision makers of the European Union and United Nations. A petition is also being signed. This appeal for peace is a joint campaign being carried out by Catholic and Orthodox Christians in Syria, and members of all religious communities have been invited to take part.\" width=\"266\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ACN-20161005-46818-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ACN-20161005-46818-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ACN-20161005-46818-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ACN-20161005-46818-1-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ACN-20161005-46818-1-580x435.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ACN-20161005-46818-1-860x645.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ACN-20161005-46818-1-1160x870.jpeg 1160w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ACN-20161005-46818-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The children\u2019s campaign for peace arose from an initiative of the pontifical foundation <strong><em>Aid to the Church in Need (ACN)<\/em><\/strong>. Since the conflict began in March of 2011, the international pastoral charity has been active in supporting the victims of the war and providing financial support, in particular for families who have lost their homes, have been forced to flee within the country or have been displaced. Aid is primarily granted to projects that secure the immediate survival of the people, and especially of children and babies. A sizable amount of the financial aid is used to procure accommodations for what are in general large families with many children, to supply essential foods and medicines as well as baby formula and diapers, warm winter clothing and heating oil and electricity. It is also being used to ensure that children can attend school. The aid is provided directly to the families in need, irrespective of their religious\u00a0affiliation, through Catholic bishops and local church structures. Over the past five years, emergency aid amounting to approximately 13 million euros has been granted.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Eva-Maria Kolmann<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SYRIA &#8211;\u00a0More than one million children sign appeal for peace \u00a0 For the past few days, children at more than 2000 schools all over Syria have been drawing and writing messages to the political decision makers of the European Union and United Nations under the motto \u201cPeace for Children\u201d. 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